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Feigères

Haute-Savoie · CC du Genevois · INSEE 74124

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Feigères (INSEE 74124) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC du Genevois. Population 1,879 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74124-feigeres

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 10,016 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8854.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (M/O MARTINEAU OLIVIER). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (THAI ISSAN FOOD). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FEIGÈRES ABEL JACQUET). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (SANDRINE COIFFURE · FEIGE'HAIR COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1M/O MARTINEAU OLIVIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1THAI ISSAN FOODINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FEIGÈRES ABEL JACQUETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2SANDRINE COIFFURE · FEIGE'HAIR COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 471 2023: 1,879 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,552 (2012) → 1,879 (2023): 21.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 962 (1990) → 1,879 (2023): 95.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 897, of which 6 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.6 km NE (Neydens)GP — 2.3 km SE (Beaumont)Pharmacy — 2.6 km SE (Beaumont)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km NEGP — 2.3 km SEPharmacy — 2.6 km SE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Feigères): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Neydens): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Beaumont): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Beaumont): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Feigères): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ARCHAMPS weather station, 5.5 km away at 560 m; the village itself is at 576 m. [11]

An average of 1,307 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BEAUMONT, 2.9 km away at 690 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74124/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74124/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74124/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74124/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74124
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74201
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74031
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Domessin7370 km SW2,00533.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %
Creys-Mépieu3862 km SW1,61331.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Senoux35629 km W1,86344Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 36 %
Copponex746.6 km S1,34034Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Mercuer07212 km SW1,32530.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 46 %
Aurseulles14609 km NW1,89622.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 32 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Copponex746.6 km S1,34034Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Creys-Mépieu3862 km SW1,61331.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %
Domessin7370 km SW2,00533.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %
Mercuer07212 km SW1,32530.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 46 %
Aurseulles14609 km NW1,89622.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 32 %
Saint-Senoux35629 km W1,86344Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 36 %

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